I forgive you

I forgive the things

I can’t control.

I forgive your pain,

And the way it leaks out.

I forgive the fear you

put into me.

I forgive the drunk snarky smiles,

the horrifying screams,

And the amount of cop cars pulling up for you.

I forgive your choice for picking up the bottle again,

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For allowing the alcohol to slither down your throat.

If I have to say I forgive you

Once,

Twice,

Twenty times

So I can be set free from your poor decisions

Even if it’s forced and at first not entirely true.

I will do that for myself.

I can love you from afar,

but protect myself from the monster

you chose to create.

I forgive the monster you allow yourself to become.